All members, of standing boards for 2019-2020 year, are requested to come to the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m. Tasks like selecting chairs, determining meeting times, and setting goals are on the agenda. Following the All-Boards Meeting, Council will convene for its June meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the classroom.
News
Month: May 2019
Team Puerto Rico • Slides and Stories • Sun., June 2
The team of volunteers is back from Puerto Rico. Come and join us as they share slides and many stories during coffee hour.
CE Sunday • June 2
Help celebrate the past year’s education programs for children, youth, and adults during the 10am worship.
Shining Night, A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen • Sat., May 25 • 7:30 pm
Berkshire Lyric presents a free showing of Shining Night, A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen. This award-winning documentary, about American composer Lauridsen, features live music by our singers–a gift to the local music community as a prelude to the June 8 Tanglewood concert. At First Congregational Church, Stockbridge.
Tuesday Club features Professor Jeremy Yudkin • May 21 • 2:00 pm
The Tuesday Club features “Musical Highlights of Summer at Tanglewood” as presented by Professor Jeremy Yudkin. Helping all people understand music is one of his greatest passions. Free and open to the public; donations welcome. Light refreshments. At the JE Room of the First Congregational Church, Stockbridge.
Annual Young Singers Concert • Sun., May 19 • 3 pm
The Blafield Children’s Chorus, Melodious Accord and our Berkshire Lyric Choral Scholars present their annual concert. This free concert will be highlighted by choral and solo vocal works by Franz Schubert and Morten Lauridsen looking ahead to the June 8 Masterworks concert. At First Congregational Church, Stockbridge. For more information, click here.
Meditative Mandala Creations • Thurs., May 9, 16, 23 & 30 • 10 am
Beginning Thurs., May 9, and for the next three Thursdays from 10-11:30 am, join a group of artistic enthusiasts to participate in a meditative process while creating a mandala design. Many religious art creations include mandalas, which have their roots in the Hindu religion. They are also represented in the Christian faith’s rose windows in
Annual Meeting • Sun., May 19
The 285th Annual Meeting of the Congregation will take place in the J.E. Room after worship. We will celebrate the year that has been, elect new leadership and share some exciting new developments. Reports available at worship, May 12, or email email hidden; JavaScript is required, Administrator, for a copy.
Music on Main Concert – YeeJin Yuk • Sat., May 18 • 4 pm
YeeJin Yuk is no stranger to our Music on Main series. He will present a program of all French composers including Debussy, Ravel and Chopin. You won’t want to miss it! Originally from Harlemville, NY, YeeJin Yuk is a junior at Rice University in Houston, Texas. YeeJin started piano at the age of six with
May 5, 2019 – Third Sunday of Easter
On a day where we celebrated both sacraments (Baptism and Communion) Pastor Brent offers the sermon Real Sacraments for Real Living based on Isaiah 43:1-4a.
Newsletter – May 2019
From Pastor Brent: “I have learned as a pastor that in the high holy times of our faith I dare not get out ahead of the story in my preparations for worship. I have learned to stay in and with the story as it unfolds, to ensure that each part of the story is honored